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Top D.C. lobbyist says he deserves special aid
By Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times
He’s paid up to $300,000 a year. He lives in a $1.3 million house in Northwest, with a Bentley, a Range Rover and a Mercedes in the driveway. Yet renowned lobbyist and power broker David W. Wilmot uses the claim he is “economically disadvantaged” when doing business with the city. Published February 16, 2012 Comments
Maryland same-sex marriage bill heading for vote
By David Hill - The Washington Times
The House of Delegates is poised to decide as early as Friday the future of same-sex marriage in Maryland, with some of the final, crucial votes to support the measure coming from once-undecided lawmakers who now say they want the issue put in the hands of voters. Published February 16, 2012 Comments
Advocacy group fears broader implications of ‘personhood’
By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Whitney Anderson of Roanoke has always wanted to become a mother. Stricken with a disease, she had tried in vitro fertilization but lost five pregnancies. Now she wonders if, under Virginia’s proposed “personhood” bill, she would have been held criminally liable. Published February 16, 2012 Comments
Education bills get mixed reviews from D.C. schools officials
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
A long line of witnesses testified Thursday in favor of legislation that requires D.C. high school students to take college entrance exams and apply to at least one college. Yet the city’s charter school board feels the measure amounts to “overreaching” and the traditional public schools system could not offer unqualified support for the bill. Published February 16, 2012 Comments
Md. assembly panel recommends Currie censure
By David Hill - The Washington Times
The General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics recommended Thursday that the Senate censure Sen. Ulysses Currie, who failed to report nearly $250,000 he received from a grocery chain. Published February 16, 2012 Comments
Long-running D.C. mental health case settled
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced Thursday the “historic” settlement of 37-year-old litigation brought by mental health patients who decried the District’s lack of non-institutional treatment settings. Published February 16, 2012 Comments
McDonnell to Senate Democrats: Get it together
By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Gov. Bob McDonnell says he is becoming “increasingly concerned” with the lack of “substantive ideas” put forth by state Senate Democrats as legislators in both General Assembly chambers prepare to release their respective budget proposals Sunday. Published February 16, 2012 Comments
Huguely trial postponed until Friday
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
The murder trial of George W. Huguely V is postponed until Friday because one of his defense attorneys is sick. Published February 16, 2012 Comments
Prosecutors want Jack Johnson to pay fine before prison term
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
Prosecutors see no reason why former Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson — who has more than $200,000 in the bank — can’t pay a $100,000 fine associated with his extortion conviction before he heads to prison. Published February 15, 2012 Comments
Teen driver charged in Gaithersburg road-rage incident
By Christy Armstrong - The Washington Times
Montgomery County police have charged a teen driver who pulled a rifle on another driver in a road rage incident in Gaithersburg. Published February 16, 2012 Comments
D.C. police: several armed holdups, shootings across city
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
One man was fatally shot and two others seriously wounded in three separate incidents Wednesday in the District, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Published February 16, 2012 Comments
Second Maryland GOP delegate backs gay marriage
By David Hill - The Washington Times
A second House Republican said Thursday that he will support Gov. Martin O’Malley’s same-sex marriage bill. Published February 16, 2012 Comments
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Norovirus sickens GWU students
By Associated Press
Officials at George Washington University are alerting the campus that about 85 students have been sickened by the norovirus this week. Published February 16, 2012 Comments
SIMMONS: Catania outburst, Barry anger the product of deep-seated antipathy
By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times
Do not for one second expect Marion Barry and David A. Catania to kiss and make up after their un-Hallmark-like spat on Valentine's Day. Published February 15, 2012 Comments
Senate committee to mull bill on random drug testing
By David Hill - The Washington Times
A Maryland state Senate committee will hear testimony Thursday on a bill that would require random drug testing for state residents receiving food stamps or government cash assistance. Published February 15, 2012 Comments
Friend says he saw change in Huguely
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
George W. Huguely V lied to friends about his whereabouts the night Yeardley Love was killed and had a "blank stare" on his face after he returned to his apartment, a close friend testified Wednesday. Published February 15, 2012 Comments
Virginia Republicans push back against critics of their agenda
By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Virginia Republicans insisted at a Wednesday press conference that their legislative agenda has focused on jobs, education, government reform and public safety. Published February 15, 2012 Comments
O'Malley details plan for gas tax increase
By David Hill - The Washington Times
Gov. Martin O'Malley introduced his proposal late Tuesday night to phase in a 6-percent sales tax on gas. Published February 15, 2012 Comments
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